The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Battle of Minden, 1759
PLAN / du / SIEGE DE MINDEN
1766Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:51,300 approx. | RCIN 732001.u
Additional text: [bottom right, in rococo cartouche, a brief account, and key, A-I, K-R, of the advance movements and entrenchments of General Wangenheim.]
Condition: one fold line; guarded into volume.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [bottom left, below title, in title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1766.
Watermark: The monogram PvL
Condition: one fold line; guarded into volume
Scale: 1:51,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d’un Lieu d’Allemagne 6000 Pas [95 mm =].
52.1 x 70.1 cm (neatline)
54.1 x 70.7 cm (image)
55.2 x 73.1 cm (platemark)
64.7 x 93.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / du / SIEGE DE MINDEN. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rococo cartouche, a brief account, and key, A-I, K-R, of the advance movements and entrenchments of General Wangenheim.]
Annotations:
(Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 21.
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.
Subject(s)
Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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